Garment hanger



March 28, 1939. SIMMONS ET AL 2,152,156

GARMENT HANGER Filed April 21, 1957 INVENTORS Harry M. d'z'mmons BY Hnr C. Que/z Patented Mar. 28, 1939 PATENT QFFICE 2,152,155 were w re Harry M. Simmons and Henry. C. Ruen, Detroit, Mich}; assign'ors to OIeaners Hanger Company} Detroit, Mich; a corporation of Michigan 7 515 cation April :21, 1937, Serial 0..1 ss,157

14 Claims. 01. 223 -37) This invention relates to garment hangers and particularly garment hangers comprising a garment'support forinedof stilt paper or the like and'a'wire hangehmember.

It is desirable to form a garment support by bending ablank of relativelystifi paper to an arched shape so as to produce a paircf down wardly divergent garment seats connecting spaced front and reanwalls, such" supportbeingl medially engag'eablefby a 'wire'hanger member;

Such supports, however, have heretofcre'require'dthe use of qui te stilt paper to avoid a collapse, under load; at each" side of the hanger member, involvinga medial flaring apart of the walls.

object of the invention is to reinforce a garment supportbf the" disclosed type by estabfish tw en its a e wall t qn e ti resisting the increasedflare incident to collapse.

Other objects are"t o establish "such a tie connection substantially midway between"the ends of the garment suppoi t,"andtdtorm"such connection as an-intg jral projection from one of .55 a v Another object is to form one of said walls with a tongue -integrally:projectir'ig from the lower edge ct such" wall; and to' employ such tongiie'as a tie connection between the was;

A"fi1rther object is" to"'=util'iae wire" hanger member engaging one of's'aidw'alls to secure to the-latter a-'tie"rnember integrally "projecting from the other wall.

Aiurther 'object is to utilize a wire hanger member to interconnectoverlapped portions of the wall engaged by the hanger, whereby'it is feasible to form'the garment support from a fi nk f he t-mater A further object is to utilize a portion of the wire hanger as a strut tending to maintain a desired minimumspacing of the walls.

' These and various cther objects are attained by the construction hereinafter'described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing;"vr' hereg. 1 is a top plan view of the improved garment hanger.

'Fi'g'i 2' is a re'ar elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical'section'view; taken on the line3-"3of*Fig.' 21* 4 is a view of the blank from which the garment supporting member is fashioned;

'In'these'views;thereference character I designates a flat-blank-ofstifi paper; laterally elongated and" symmetrically shaped with respect to its vertical-"centerline; The ends of the blank between the walls 9 and 4 and its upper or terare preferably rounded, its top and bottom edges converging in proximity to said ends. The blank is" formed at its top'wi'th a notch 2 of approximate U-shape, downwardly extendingalong the verticalrnedian; and a tongue 3 projects down- 5 wardlyfrom the blank, alsoalong' such median. Thehot'ch'fl is productive of'apair of flaps'4, extending from said notch to'the'blank'extremi ties, and 'at the' juncture of each such fiap with the body of the blank, the latter is formed with 10 two 'scoreimes S eXtending, at a gradualdi vergency'to the cbrresponding endof the blank. The flaps 4 are 'eachforme'd attheir adjacent ends with an apertures; so located that'upon folding theblank upon the: score lines 5, so as to overlap"the adjacent endsof' the flaps, said a; apertures are brought'into relative registration; In" the" lower end portionbf the tongue 3 there is formed an aperturer; the purpose of which willpresently' appear.

'Upo'n fol'ding the-disclosed blank on the lines 5,"so' as 'to' overlap' the adjacent ends of the flaps 4, there results an arched ga'rmen'tsupport having elongated" triangular garment seats 8, downwardly divergingfrom' thevertical median of' thehanger'yth'e relative angularrelation" of said seats"adapting them to the shoulders of a dre'ssor othergarment to be carried by the support. The flaps 4forrh a" rear wall of said support and the 'niain body of'the blank forms a 'front "wall" 9; said walls*'preferably flaring slightly apart as they extend; downwardly, as best appears in Fig.3;

'- Connected to the described garment support, midway'of its 1ength,"=is-' awire hanger member comprising a hook-l0 and a shank lfl, thelatter projecting above-the support to carry the hook and. having a return-bent and approximately U-"shaped "lower portion; "forming a- 'sprin'g clip 12 'for fastening the hanger member to the sup port. Preferably;this'clip serves-"alsothe purpose of interconnecting the flaps 4, to maintain their proper' overlapping relation" and desired arch shape of the sup-port. Thus the" shank ll passes through the registered apertures 6 and so maintains their registration, and furthermore the clip l2 snugly embraces the overlapped portions of the flaps (see Fig. 3), quite strongly resisting relative shifting thereof. At the apex of the support, the shank rises, through the restricted end portion of thehotch 2, the edges thereot assisting in maintaining the proper medial relation of the shank to the'garment support. The upturned portion of the clip I2 lies lower medial portions of the walls 4 and 9 and,

in resisting spreading of such walls, adds strongly to the load capacity of said support. The strut-forming upper end portion of the clip l2 also exercises a material reinforcing effect, in preventing collapse by undue yielding of the walls toward each other.

It is to be observed that the clip I2 exercises V a triple function, in attaching the hanger member to the garment support, interconnecting the flaps 4 so as to hold the support to its proper arched form, and interconnecting said flaps to the tongue 3.

The described hanger lends itself to compact and relatively inexpensive delivery in knocked down form, it being preferred to deliver the flat blanks to be bent to proper shape and connected to the hanger members by the customer (usually a dry cleaner). The score lines render bending of the blanks a simple matter, and attachment of the preformed wire hangers also requires no special skill, mechanism, or tools.

A garment hanger using a paper member as the garment support is less likely than an allmetal hanger to soil a garment hung thereon, will readily carry an advertisement, and eliminates need of the paper jackets or covers, commonly applied to all-metal hangers.

It is to be noted that the tie connection established by the tongue 3 inclines downwardly quite sharply from the clip l2 to the lower edge of the front wall of the support, permitting said tongue to transmit a proportion of load stresses from the wall 9 directly to the clip; This is quite desirable, since in the absence of such a tie connection, the load stresses set up in both walls must be carried to the wire hanger member through the wall 4, thus stressing the latter unduely as compared to the wall 9.

An economical feature of the described gar.- ment support lies in giving the mid portions of the upper and lower edges of the blank I the same contour. Thus it will be seen that the tongue 3 corresponds in size and shape to the notch 2, so that in shearing out the blanks from a sheet of stock the tongue 3 of one is struck out of the notch 2 of another, the upper and lower edges of adjacently formed blanks also corresponding for a considerable portion of their length. The amount of waste incident to formation of the blanks is thus minimized.

Employment of the tie connection 3 and derivation of a strut function from the clip l2, render the strength and load capacity of the described hanger at least three times greater than would otherwise prevail.

Theinvention is presented as including all such modifications and changes as come within the scope of the following claims.

What we claim is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a garment support providing a pair of garment seats, downwardly diverging from the mid portion to the ends of such support, and arched to form such seats and to form front and rear walls integrally connected by the seats, a tongue integrally pro jecting from one of said walls, and a hanger member secured to the support and rising there from, substantially between the seats, and establishing a tie connection between the other wall and said tongue.

2. A garment hanger comprising a garment support providing a pair of garment seats downwardly diverging from the mid portion to the ends of the support, and arched to form such seats and to form front andrear walls integrally connected by the seats, a hanger member secured to the support and rising therefrom substantially between the, seats, and a tie connection between said walls attached to one thereof by the hanger member.

3. A garment hanger as set forth in claim 2, the hanger'me'mber being formed of wire and its lower portion forming a clip embracing one of said walls, said tie connection being secured to such clip. I

4. A garment hanger comprising a garment support formed from ablank of stiff paper, providing a pair of, garment seats downwardly divergingfrom the mid portion 'to the ends of such support, and arched to form such 'seats and to form front and rear walls integrally connected by the seats, and a hanger member secured to one of said walls andrisingtherefrom substantially between the seats, said hanger member forming a strut between the walls, upwardly extending from the lower portion ofthe wall to which the hanger is secured and freely engaging the upper portion of the other wall.

5. Agarment hanger comprising a garment support formed from a blank of stifi sheet material and providinga pair of garment seats, downwardly diverging from the. mid portion to the ends of such support, and arched to form such seats and to form frontand rear walls integrally connected by the seats, one of said walls primarily comprising a pair of. flaps formed on said blank at opposite sides ofits mid portion, a member interconnecting the flaps to maintain the arched form of the garment Support, and a tie connection between. said walls attached by said member to the wall formed by the flaps.

6.'A garment hanger as set forth in claim 5,

said member being formed of wire and extending above the garment support to carry such support. I

7. A blank for: garment support purposes, formed of stiff sheet material and having an opening extending from its margin toward its 6 center, producing a pair of similar flaps, and having a plurality of "score lines extending in a gradually convergent relation toward theinner end portion of such opening from each end of.

the blank to facilitate folding the blank to an 3 arched form and to jointly form a wall opposed to a wall formed by the remaining portion of the blank, the blank having a tongue projecting from its margin at a point opposite to said notch and substantially conforming in proportions and shape to the notch, whereby suchtongue of one blank may be struck out of the notch of another,

the tongue serving in the garment support as a tie connection between said Walls.

9. A garment hanger comprising a garment support fashioned from sheet material to form an arch having opposed walls of different downward extent, a hanger member secured to the wall of lesser downward extent, and a tie connection extending downwardly, from the wall of lesser downward extent to the wall of greater downward extent.

10. A garment hanger as set forth in claim 9, said tie connection being attached at its upper end portion to the hanger member.

11. A garment hanger comprising a garment support fashioned from sheet material to form an arch having opposed, downwardly divergent walls, a wire hanger member secured to one of said walls and projecting upwardly from the support, and a tie member extending to the other of said walls from said hanger member, and resisting increased divergency of the walls, said tie member inclining downwardly from the hanger member and being thereby adapted to transmit directly to the hanger member a portion of the load stresses acting in the wall engaged by its lower end.

12. A garment hanger comprising a garment support fashioned from a single sheet of material and forming an arch having opposed walls, one of said walls comprising portions overlapped substantially midway between the ends of such wall, and a tie member in the form of a tongue projecting from the lower edge of the other wall and secured to the overlapping portions of first-mentioned wall.

13. A garment hanger comprising a garment support providing a pair of garment seats downwardly diverging from the mid portion to the ends of such support, and arched to form such seats and to form front and rear walls integrally connected by the seats, and a wire hanger member rising from the support substantially between the seats, the lower portion of such hanger member forming a clip extended under and embracing one of said walls, said clip having an upwardly projecting portion between the walls terminally bent to form a strut engaging both walls and maintaining their spaced relation.

14. A garment hanger comprising a garment support formed from a blank of stiff sheet material and providing a pair of garment seats, downwardly diverging from the mid portion to the ends of such support, and arched to form such seats and to form front and rear walls integrally connected by the seats, one of said walls primarily comprising a pair of flaps formed on said blank at opposite sides of its mid portion, a tongue integrally projecting from the other wall, and a hanger member secured to the support and rising therefrom substantially between said seats, said flaps being interconnected by said hanger member and said tongue being secured to the hanger member, whereby the tongue forms a tie connection between the walls.

HARRY M. SIMMONS. HENRY C. RUEN. 

